Bruce Fowler
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| Bruce Fowler | |
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| Born | July 10, 1947 Bruce Lambourne Fowler |
| Genres | Rock, jazz, classical, experimental |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, conductor |
| Instruments | Trombone |
| Years active | 1973 - present |
| Associated acts | Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Ed Mann |
Bruce Lambourne Fowler (July 10, 1947)[1] is a prominent American trombone player and composer. He played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart and in the Fowler Brothers Band. Currently, he composes and arranges music for movies, and has been the composer, orchestrator, or conductor for many popular films.
He is the son of jazz educator William L. Fowler, and the brother of multi-instrumentalist Walt Fowler and bassist Tom Fowler. He is the father of Rhea Fowler, bass guitar player for The Naturals. Bruce Fowler is participating in both The Band From Utopia, the Mar Vista Philharmonic, and Jon Larsen's, Strange News From Mars, both feat. Zappa alumni Tommy Mars, Arthur Barrow, amongst others. He also recorded albums with Air Pocket, a band including his siblings among others.
Fowler is the recipient of the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards for Best Score Conductor and Best Orchestrator.
Contents
Discography
With Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention
- Over-Nite Sensation - 1973
- Apostrophe (') - 1974
- Roxy & Elsewhere - 1974
- Bongo Fury - 1975 (Captain Beefheart appears on this album as well)
- Zoot Allures - 1976
- Studio Tan - 1978
- Sleep Dirt - 1979
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 - 1988
- Broadway the Hard Way - 1989
- The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life - 1991
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 - 1991
- Make a Jazz Noise Here - 1991
- Beat the Boots - 1992
- Unmitigated Audacity - 1974
- Piquantique - 1973
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 - 1992
- Imaginary Diseases - 2006
- Trance-Fusion - 2006
- Wazoo - 2007
With Captain Beefheart
- Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) - 1978
- Doc at the Radar Station - 1980
- I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978 - 2000
With The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
- Farewell - 1980
- From Toshiko With Love also released as Tanuki's Night Out - 1981
- European Memoirs - 1982
With Eric Clapton
- The Road to Escondido - 2006
With Stu Nevitt
- The Marion Kind - 2007
With Jon Larsen
- Strange News From Mars - 2007
With Stan Ridgway
With Oingo Boingo
- Boingo Alive - 1988
- Dark at the End of the Tunnel - 1990
With Ed Mann
- Perfect World - 1990
With Avenged Sevenfold
- Avenged Sevenfold - 2007
Solo works
- Entropy - 1995
- Synthetic Division - 1995
- Ants Can Count - 1995
- Inception - 2010
References
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